Stories

The NSLI-Y program languages include Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian and Turkish. Listed below are all multimedia stories written, and shared by NSLI-Y students, alumni, partners, and supporters. These stories include all NSLI-Y program languages and are ordered chronologically from the most recent post.

Alumni and current students, join the conversation by submitting your own story.

Click on a language below to see stories and media related to a specific NSLI-Y program language:

Displaying Persian (Tajiki) stories from .

Davin Khan photo

Persian (Tajiki)

Alumni Spotlight: Davin Khan

Davin Khan, an alumnus of the 2023 Summer NSLI-Y Tajiki program in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, chose to participate in NSLI-Y to step outside his comfort zone.
Hindi Sanksrit School

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2024-2025 NSLI-Y Application is Now Open!

Applications for the NSLI-Y 2024-2025 summer and academic year programs are now open! Apply today!
Alumni panelists for the NSLI-Y Interactive Virtual Event

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NSLI-Y Interactive Virtual Event - Host Family Connections on the NSLI-Y Program

On Thursday, November 17th at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, NSLI-Y Interactive will host our second virtual event of the academic year: "Host Family Connections on the NSLI-Y Program" featuring NSLI-Y Russian and Persian program alumni.
Soviet Reconstruction

Persian (Tajiki)

Hisor's Histogenetic History

Andrew, an alumnus of the NSLI-Y Persian (Tajiki) summer program, shares his experience finding inspiration in the ancient city of Histor, Tajikistan.
NSLI Y Interactive Twitter and FB

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NSLI-Y VSI Highlights: Artmaking and Creativity

This past summer, NSLI-Y students were able to immerse themselves in the artforms of their host countries all while practicing their target language.
NSLI Y Interactive Twitter and FB

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NSLI-Y VSI Highlights: Cooking and Cultural Exchange

Below are some highlights of food and cooking-related activities that NSLI-Y students took part in this past summer.
A banner image with the text "NSLI-Y VSI 2020 Highlights: Cultural activities." The image has the NSLI-Y logo in the top left corner and shows food and crafts from cultural activities with a blue overlay.

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NSLI-Y VSI Highlights: Students Virtually Participate in Cultural Activities

To ensure the safety of students, teachers, and staff amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic, the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) chose to...
An image of the NSLI-Y Alumni Reps posing with a NSLI-Y banner

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Learning How to ‘Rep’: The 2020 NSLI-Y Alumni Representative Workshop

Hello! My name is Halden, and I am the NSLI-Y Alumni Representative for Chapel Hill, NC in the Southeast region. Traveling to Chengdu, China in 2018 through NSL...
Image of a library in Tajikistan that Abigail assisted in construction of

Persian (Tajiki)

Building a Library in Tajikistan

Abigail is from Wyckoff, New Jersey and participated in the 2018 NSLI-Y Summer Persian program in Tajikistan. After spending seven, life-changing weeks last sum...